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Soul Searching[7]Though elusive about the events of her life, Carson McCullers's memoirs shed fresh light on her work. Graham Christian,THE BOSTON PHOENIXPeaceful Fighters[8]Four Nashville women join forces to speak honestly and courageously about breast cancer. Michael Sims,NASHVILLE SCENELost in Translation[9]Two new books on poet Rainer Maria Rilke prove how easy it is to get lost in translation. John Freeman,THE BOSTON PHOENIX'Open Range and Parking Lots'[10]Virgil Hancock is very good at documenting our everyday downfall, but many images don't pack enough punch. Mary Walling Blackburn,WEEKLY ALIBINow What?[11]Love to read? Need some clever ideas? Our library of resources and staff picks are guaranteed to turn on plenty of mental light bulbs via your electrified eye sockets.WEEKLY WIRE

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ony Earley has been called nothing less than "the future of American fiction," and his first novel isn't even being printed until next June. But his book of short stories has already marked him as a writer of distinction.

Adam Hochschild talks about his new book, "King Leopold's Ghost," which describes how Belgium's Leopold, frantic to carve for himself a colonial empire at the end of the 19th century, let loose a system of terror in which entire Congolese villages were forced to harvest rubber or face death.

Southern writer Carson McCullers' memoir, long withheld by her literary estate, is a kind of apology for the dwindling of her talent and a summation of the ideas and images that haunted the last years of her life.

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Rising Earley[2]He might be an unassuming Vanderbilt English professor, but Tony Earley's talents are large indeed. Given the copious praise he's earned in literary circles, expectations are high for his debut novel. Beverly Keel, Photos By Eric England,NASHVILLE SCENECorruption in the Congo[3]Adam Hochschild talks about his book "King Leopold's Ghost." Tamara Straus,MEMPHIS FLYER

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